Critical Thinking Prize ($150 - $500) Awarded each year to any PHI1CRT (semester one) student who scores full marks (100%) in the final written exam. If there are three or fewer winners, each will be awarded $150. If there are more winners, all will equally share $500.
David Hume First-Year Philosophy Prize ($100) Awarded each year to the student who is placed first among all students enrolled in a first-year philosophy unit, provided the work is of A-level standard. The prize will be shared in the case of A-level students placed equal first.
Rene Descartes Prize ($100) Awarded each year to the student enrolled in second-year philosophy who has completed at least two units in the same year at an A-level standard and who has the best results.
David Hume Honours Year Philosophy Prize ($150) Awarded each year to the student placed first (or shared between students placed equal first) among eligible students completing their fourth-year (honours) in philosophy, provided the student (or students) is (are) awarded a first-class honours for that year. Eligible students are those who take no more than one course component (out of three) from outside those offered as fourth-year philosophy units.
Geoffrey John Blunden Prize in Philosophy ($500) Awarded each year for the best essay by an undergraduate student on a topic concerned with the welfare of non-human animals.
Wirrianda Philosophy Prize ($100) Awarded each year to a female student enrolled at fourth-year (honours) in philosophy (or joint honours philosophy) who has completed her Bachelor of Arts at La Trobe in the prior year and has, of the female students so qualifying, the best results in third-year philosophy units. |
